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Ocic to Build First Underground Parking Late 2015
- 31 December 2015
As parking options have been rapidly worsened in Phnom Penh, the Overseas Cambodian Investment Corporation (OCIC) claims it will build the first underground public parking on public space later this year. Located on public space between the Canadia Bank Tower (OCIC Tower) and the Vattanac Capital Tower ,which has been used for years for parking for Canadia Bank Tower’s staff, tenants and guests...
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Ocic to Add 4 Buildings to Olympia City
- 31 December 2015
The Overseas Cambodia Investment Corporation (OCIC) has announced the addition of four high-rise buildings to its US$400 million Olympia City project. Samnang Touch, deputy CEO of OCIC, said that the construction group has already finished the designs for the four buildings. Building C5, with 21 floors and slated for 2017, will be used for condominiums and shopping, while the 32-floor C7 buildi...
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Comin Khmere Receives (Bs) Ohsas 18001:2007 Certificate
- 31 December 2015
After years of commitment to strong business, quality and safety standards for its construction-related services, Comin Khmere Co., Ltd has been recently accredited the (BS) OHSAS 18001:2007 certification for a period of three years by BM TRADA, a UK-based international independence certification provider to businesses around the world. The OHSAS 18001:2007 certification recognizes that the pol...
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Building Projects Up While Value Down in 2014
- 31 December 2015
Cambodia recorded a rise in the number of construction projects last year, while its total construction value was down against 2013. The Ministry of Land Management, Urban Planning and Construction approved 1,960 construction projects with a total construction area of 6.4 million square meters worth a total of US$2.5 billion last year. This was a rise of 339 projects over 2013 when 1,641 projec...
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Cambodia?s 24th Province Breaks Ground
- 31 December 2015
After being officially established and included into Cambodia’s administrative system in 2014, infrastructure construction for the nation’s 24th province, Tbong Khmum, kicked off in early January. Divided by the Upper Mekong River, Tbong Khmum Province was carved out from Kompong Cham Province in the east of Cambodia that stretches across the central lowlands of the Mekong River. It borders the...
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Chinese Developer Builds World?s Tallest Pre-fab Skyscraper in 19 Days
- 31 December 2015
A developer in the Chinese province of Hunan has built a skyscraper in just 19 days using a prefabrication technique designed to save energy and reduce pollution. The 57 storey, 2 million square foot tower built by Broad Group contains 800 apartments and has enough office space for 4,000 workers. The building was erected at a rate of 3 floors per day. The prefabrication technique avoided 15,...
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Scaffold Collapse in Vietnam Kills 14
- 31 December 2015
At least 14 construction workers were killed and 28 others injured when scaffolding collapsed at a construction site in central Vietnam on 25 March. At least 40 workers were on the 20-meter high scaffold in Ha Tinh province when it suddenly disintegrated. All the victims were Vietnamese subcontractors hired to work on a seaport breakwater project. The incident took place at the Son Duong sea...
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Alstom to Build $us1bn Plant in Thailand
- 31 December 2015
Alstom, with Japanese trading company Marubeni Corporation, have signed an agreement with the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) to build the new unit at Mae Moh power plant. Alstom has a US$560m share of the US$1bn EPC contract. This new unit will replace existing four older units. Upon completion in 2018, it will produce 600MW of electricity. Alstom said the new unit will ...
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Mace Wins Unis Vietnam Contract
- 31 December 2015
UK-based construction company Mace has been appointed as project manager, construction manager, and cost consultant for Phase 3 of the campus development for the United Nations International School (UNIS) in Hanoi, Vietnam. UNIS Hanoi was the first international school established in Vietnam, one of only two United Nations Schools in the world. The works will add shared spaces to each of the sc...
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World’s Largest All-terrain Crane Works at 3,000m
- 31 December 2015
XCMG XCA5000 is the world’s largest all-terrain crane in terms of tonnage. Recently, it succeeded in hoisting a 2MW wind turbine in Yunnan province, China. The XCA5000 is the first 2,000-ton all-terrain crane applied in construction around the world. The hoisting site was on the top of a mountain over 3,000m above sea level and covering an area of only 600m2. The crane was driven for five...
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